44 CON ELEGANZA Poetry at the heart of the notes Among poet-musicians, Clément Lefebvre is its torch-bearer for his generation. His authentic personality and sense of poetry attracted widespread attention in Paris when he was a prizewinner at the Concours International Long-ThibaudCrespin in 2019. Prior to that, he had already made a name for himself on the other side of the Channel, gaining First Prize and the Audience Prize at the James Mottram International Piano Competition in Manchester in 2016. These twin accolades marked a new stage in the trajectory that led him to Paris when he was just ten. There he learnt the founding principles of musical art from Billy Eidi, and pursued his studies with Jean-Michel Dayez and Hortense CartierBresson, then Roger Muraro and Isabelle Dubuis at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he also benefited from the guidance of Claire Désert, Alain Planès and Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Clément has received awards and support from the Banque Populaire and Safran Foundations and Mécénat Société Générale.
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